How to Make Perfect Instant Pot Bacon Wrapped Turkey Leg

Instant Pot Bacon Wrapped Turkey Leg. Instant Pot Bacon Wrapped Turkey Leg - Bacon-wrapped turkey is the turkey for turkey haters. Wrapping a turkey in bacon eliminates any brining, salting, or basting to make a flavorful turkey and creates a stunning, crispy "skin" — a welcome contrast to the tender turkey meat. Instant Pot Bacon Wrapped Turkey Leg Lauren Maxwell.

Rinse the turkey legs, pat dry and disconnect the joints respectively. Season with pepper and a little salt. Rinse the sage, shake dry and pluck off the leaves. You can cook Instant Pot Bacon Wrapped Turkey Leg using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Instant Pot Bacon Wrapped Turkey Leg

1. It's 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
2. It's 4 TBS of butter.
3. It's 1 lb of sliced bacon.
4. It's 1 of turkey drumstick and thigh quarter.

Place on the meat and wrap everything with slices of bacon. Pat turkey dry with paper towel and season with kosher salt and black pepper. Put half of onion and one clove of garlic in cavity of turkey Put remaining ingredients in bottom of Instant Pot, place trivet with turkey on top. Make sure your pot is as hot as it can be when you place the turkey legs into the pot (Instant Pot: wait until the indicator says HOT).

Instant Pot Bacon Wrapped Turkey Leg step by step

1. Cover drumstick in half of brown sugar.
2. Wrap drumstick in bacon then add butter and top with remaining brown sugar.
3. Pour 2 cups of water in the instant pot then add drumstick to pot.
4. Set instant pot to the following settings:. Pressure cook, high pressure, high heat, natural vent release for 26 minutes.
5. Internal temp of center of drumstick should reach 165 ferenheight.

This will prevent the legs from sticking to the pot. Ensure to coat the oil over the whole bottom of the pot. Instructions Place drumsticks in to the pot, add cup of water, chopped celery and onion, spices, salt and pepper and close and lock the lid. Season the drumsticks: Mix the salt, brown sugar, pepper, and garlic powder, breaking up any clumps of brown sugar. Sprinkle evenly over the turkey drumsticks.